London Carlisle

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Sam.F

1,144 posts

201 months

Wednesday 11th May 2011
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richardxjr said:
Refuel right at the end of the M6: there's a BP rest area (not services) where fuel is supermarket prices, so about 10p/l cheaper than the rip off services.
It's actually Shell on N/B side and BP on S/B - and the Shell forecourt is usually 2-3p less.

Bonefish Blues

26,924 posts

224 months

Wednesday 11th May 2011
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LHD said:
7 hours anyway.

If you hit any traffic you may be buggered.
Blimey, that's a heavy price to pay wink

okgo

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38,189 posts

199 months

Friday 10th June 2011
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Left surbiton at 10am and rolled into Aberdeen at 6.30, stopped twice for
Total of about 30 mins and got stuck in some traffic near Glasgow apart from that smooth sailing! All on one tank too!!

VeeFour

3,339 posts

163 months

Friday 10th June 2011
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jake15919 said:
louiebaby said:
I did Kentish Town to Lockerbie on Friday night in a minibus limited to 62mph with 9 girls on board.

We stopped twice.
You, sir, are just bragging. smile
Lying, you mean.

We all know you can't drive that far with women on board without stopping at least a dozen times for pee breaks.

rallycross

12,834 posts

238 months

Saturday 11th June 2011
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okgo said:
Left surbiton at 10am and rolled into Aberdeen at 6.30, stopped twice for
Total of about 30 mins and got stuck in some traffic near Glasgow apart from that smooth sailing! All on one tank too!!
so how long was it to carlisle?

are you based in surbiton? me too

okgo

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38,189 posts

199 months

Saturday 11th June 2011
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Not long 5 hours and a bit?

Did te return leg today in 8 hours flat, not up for driving any time soon tbh!

cragswinter

21,429 posts

197 months

Saturday 11th June 2011
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Carlisle to Sutton (Surrey) the other week-Sunday of the bank holiday weekend, 5&1/2 hours.

That was in the misses' new beetle, 1.4 petrol at 65 to 70mph all the way with a break at a service station for lunch

used the m6 toll